Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday promoted his top policy executive, Nick Clegg, to a higher role within the social media giant. The move will result in Zuckerberg and other top executives, such as COO Sheryl Sandberg, playing less of a role in government and regulatory decisions.
Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, already runs Facebook’s global policy efforts, but he will now take the lead on all company policy matters as the president for global affairs and will report directly to Zuckerberg and Sandberg.
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“Nick will now lead our company on all our policy matters, including how we interact with governments as they consider adopting new policies and regulations, as well as how we make the case publicly for our products and our work,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Wednesday.
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Zuckerberg said this would allow him to spend more time on building new products for the company, including those related to the Metaverse, rather than focusing on thorny policy topics, such as content moderation and online safety.
